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Nests

Webmaster — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 18:54:03 +0000

A nest is a fractal, holy space that exists beyond time and space. Usually I begin with a simple ‘box’ whose shape I am drawn to. A nest helps a soul go deeper…to incubate the self. It can take the ragged edges of the universe, where fear might lurk, and chaos reign, and turn it into solid, holy, inspired ground. A nest is a private zone that you come back to again and again…it hints at ancestral frequencies. These frequencies produce waves which allow us over time to amplify and then unfold ourself.

It is about supporting the creation of authentic self. A nest is about giving birth to you. Open the box and just breathe in…close the box and breathe out. A nest is a refuge that hosts a wealth of intimacy and wraps one in hope. With a nest you become connected to your primal home. Then as you go from focus on nest to every day, you find that you renew your being. You become fertile again.

Why make a nest? You might have a dream that you want to believe in, and if you have no place for it to gestate, it would be proper to have a spirit nest…in which to hold the vibrations. Use it to stay in touch with yourself; attune to your purpose. Or place it on your dresser so you can add energy to your dreams, align your heart and head. Put it next to the busy places in your world…and let it remind you of your purpose. Or put it on your kitchen window shelf, or in the cupboard next to your grandmothers coffee creamer….let it be a reminder all through the day …that you are loved.

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Paintings

Judy Ellison — Mon, 13 Jun 2016 22:54:07 +0000

I studied with an English painter who lived in the bush in Africa. She had a mud hut studio that was wonderfully organic. I learned to work in oil, chalk and acrylic. Then living in the back of beyond, where people gathered to share their lives… I began exhibting my paintings…both in oil and acrylic. My first art show sold out.

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Works in Bark

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:30:52 +0000

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Works in Sticks

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:30:31 +0000

Sticks are ubiquitous….every where you go…there are sticks ….find those that talk to you. How do you know? If you bend over and pick up this one rather than that one…you’re following your instincts, your hunches…align with those that speak to you.

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Works in Clay

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:20:04 +0000

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Wild Women on the Planet

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:45:07 +0000

Almost daily I find myself drawing figures that radiate energy…that tell me time and space are not linear. They express energy that is formless. I do this as a journalling process by drawing the figures below on my computer. This is a nightly meditative process. First I must empty my mind…no thinking, embrace color, do it fast, swirl lines around…and wild women on the planet appear. These are whimsical, adventurous, funky and joyful. They help me remember I have a sense of humor that can be called out.

Other times I make wild women out of tiny scraps of fabric…so small they are almost gone. I twist and connect them until I feel the energy of the feminine swoop down and talk to me. These are little bits that I love. They are the raw, non credentialed primal energy of a wild moment when I gather odds and ends I love and work fast….without thinking….or planning…no cutting straight, no linear human forms. Raw energy.

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Women Who Live with Their Goats

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:29:13 +0000

One of the most wonderful experiences of m life was spending time with old Bakatla clay potters who lived in a remote part of Botswana with their goats. I would drive beyond where the roads ended and find these women caring for their herds. They new every goat by color…it seems there are a thousand ways to describe combinations of brown black and shades of taupe.

My first occasion to experience time and space bending happened after a potter asked me to take her to the local village to sell her goat’s milk. I thought we would be dropping off the 20 liter bucket at a shop. What happened next changed my life. It took us three days to sell the goat milk by the cupful from the back of my truck!

There came a day when I told the potters I would be leaving Africa. I learned that I was to be given a goat so I set about to learn the protocols of a goat feast. In my soul I rejoiced. Then, out of the blue, not knowing where I lived or when I was to have the feast, the potters showed up right in time for the feast at my home! By creating these images, I continue to celebrate the lives of these women and the many gifts they gave me.

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Planet Politics – Where Everything Has a Voice

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:23:43 +0000

These are collages that juxtapose endangered species perspectives/perilous planet with what one sees in everyday news stories.

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Planet Politics – Where Every Tooth Counts

Judy Ellison — Thu, 09 Jun 2016 02:13:53 +0000

PLANET POLITICS WHERE EVERY TOOTH COUNTS…There are three elephants I know personally from my time in Africa. I know them because a) they gave chase to me, b) I got stuck in the sand on the path to their watering hole and they charged me, or c) they visited my home on the banks of the Chobe River. So I was fascinated when a dentist showed me an elephant molar tooth…. It was incredibly beautiful…so I photographed it six ways from Sunday…it has geological proportions and aspects. I Realized that not only can we lose species, we can lose many many adaptations evolution has allowed the species to develop. I celebrate here that every tooth matters.

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The Bedrock Girls

Webmaster — Wed, 08 Jun 2016 19:44:28 +0000

I joined an art studio where the focus was that everyone was going to create a doll. I’ve never had a doll so I was adrift…I visited a construction site and found an array of stones and other materials. So my dolls…most of them in this series are made entirely of stone. Making dolls out of stones helped me accept myself. If I don’t judge these stones, why do I need to judge myself? It thrills me to fall in love with a figure that has come together intuitively. Do they have names? I don’t know yet. But they have a pedigree…that I am sure of.

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